NME award-winner Jamie Treays is a singer/songwriter hailing from Wimbledon, South London, England. He is signed to Virgin Records but released his Betty and The Selfish Sons EP on his own Pacemaker Records label in 2007. His musical style is hard to place, but incorporates elements of rap, reggae, and acoustic genres. Although at the time of writing Jamie has received relatively little mainstream exposure, he has received airplay from BBC Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe
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Play the chords how you like but I recommend power chords. Any queries email me at [email protected]. Enjoy :)
[Intro] GCD Ah-ah GCD Ah-ah
[Verse]
G Riding in the back seat CD Rolling through the neighborhood G Brought up in the back streets CD Wouldn't change if he could G It's better than the factory CD Or the shopping mall where you work G Johnny doesn't actually CD Have to load the gun to make it work
[Chorus]
CD And all the boys round Johnny GEmBm They wanna be dealers and thugs CDG But Johnny knows that it ain't no good CD When the teacher asked him, GEmBm "Who would you be if you could?" CDG "I wanna be like Robin Hood, G Robin Hood"
[Verse]
G He ran in from the alley CD To the Halifax where she worked G Gotta love Sally CD She didn't flinch when he burst G In through the doorway CD With a sawn-off under his shirt G She knew in the worst way CD That he was the man for her
[Chorus]
CD And all the boys round Johnny GEmBm They wanna be rappers and thugs CDG But Johnny knows that it ain't no good CD When the teacher asked him, GEmBm "Who would you be if you could?" CDG "I wanna be like Robin Hood,
[Bridge 1]
A And I'll steal from the rich Bm I'll give to the poor C I'll stop police from Em Knocking down the door A I steal it all Bm Then I'll steal more C And I'll never end up G Behind the Jail Guitar Doors
[Solo]
CDGEm CDG x2
[Verse]
GC And to this day DG As an actual fact C In the best way DG They've still got each other's backs C 15 Years D 2 heart attacks G 2 children
GC Sally's mother always asks her, DG "What is it about Johnny, CD What is it about Johnny that makes you bother?" G She says, C "There's a few things that are true D In this life of wonder, G Everybody hates the law, CD And everyone loves a bank G robber, robber, robber C robber, robber, robber!"
DGC Loves a bank robber, robber, robber, robber, robber!" [x7]
[Outro]
CD And all the boys round Johnny GEmBm They wanna be rappers and thugs CDG But Johnny knows that it ain't no good CD When the teacher asked him, GEmBm "Who would you be if you could?" CDG "I wanna be like Robin Hood, G Robin Hood"